The Egyptian has quickly established himself as one of the Premier League's best players since arriving at Anfield, becoming the second-fastest player in Liverpool's history to reach 30 goals, second only to George Allan. Roma sporting director Monchi has admitted the club should have received more money from Liverpool for Mohamed Salah, but they felt they had to sell.

Roma were able to push Liverpool in a deal for Mohamed Salah to around €37 million, but Monchi concedes that price “could’ve been better”.

Once it became clear that the sought-after forward would be heading for the exits in the summer of 2017, a suitable fee had to be settled upon.

Big-money transfers at Paris Saint-Germain involving Neymar and Kylian Mbappe helped to inflate the market and force Liverpool to dig a little deeper, but they have still found value in Salah.

Monchi has conceded Salah is worth considerably more and Roma should have pushed for more money.

"At the end of the day, we could reach €50m with bonuses, but at that moment we had to sell and that was an important option," Monchi told Sky Sport Italia.

“The Neymar and Kylian Mbappe transfers changed the market, but at that moment it was necessary that we sell.

“I still think the price could’ve been better for Salah, but it did give us the possibility of making other moves."

“When I arrived, the Liverpool offer for Salah was €32m plus €3m in bonuses. In today’s football, players go wherever they want to."

“The figures are important because at the end of the day we are a business, but the fans cannot be bought. In my years at Sevilla, people counted the trophies and those are so far missing at Roma.

“I understand the fans perfectly well, I know they don’t want to talk about numbers, they just want to win, but that is my job. We have to build a club that doesn’t just win but does so consistently over time. Fans don’t want promises, they want results.

“I accept all of that but ask them for a little faith. It takes time. We’ve got to stay quiet and work harder to find the right path towards what the fans want.”

Salah is now the first Premier League player to reach 20 goals in all competitions this season. The last Liverpool player to reach the landmark before Christmas was Ian Rush back in 1986/87.

His 20 goals in a season for Liverpool was the fourth quickest ever time by date - beaten by Ian Rush (November 8, 1986) and Roger Hunt (November 25, 1961, and December 15, 1965).

To emphasise how remarkable it is for Salah to score 20 goals in his first 26 games for Liverpool it took Fernando Torres 31, Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler 36 and Luis Suarez 51.

Only one player, George Allan, reached the milestone quicker in 1895 taking 19 games.

With these type of unbelievable stats, the suits over at Liverpool will likely see the added cost of the 25-year-old as a price worth paying.

Mo Salah: A value for money deal?

The Egyptian has quickly established himself as one of the Premier League's best players since arriving at Anfield, becoming the second-fastest player in Liverpool's history to reach 30 goals, second only to George Allan. Roma sporting director Monchi has admitted the club should have received more money from Liverpool for Mohamed Salah, but they felt they had to sell.

Roma were able to push Liverpool in a deal for Mohamed Salah to around €37 million, but Monchi concedes that price “could’ve been better”.

Once it became clear that the sought-after forward would be heading for the exits in the summer of 2017, a suitable fee had to be settled upon.

Big-money transfers at Paris Saint-Germain involving Neymar and Kylian Mbappe helped to inflate the market and force Liverpool to dig a little deeper, but they have still found value in Salah.

Monchi has conceded Salah is worth considerably more and Roma should have pushed for more money.

"At the end of the day, we could reach €50m with bonuses, but at that moment we had to sell and that was an important option," Monchi told Sky Sport Italia.

“The Neymar and Kylian Mbappe transfers changed the market, but at that moment it was necessary that we sell.

“I still think the price could’ve been better for Salah, but it did give us the possibility of making other moves."

“When I arrived, the Liverpool offer for Salah was €32m plus €3m in bonuses. In today’s football, players go wherever they want to."

“The figures are important because at the end of the day we are a business, but the fans cannot be bought. In my years at Sevilla, people counted the trophies and those are so far missing at Roma.

“I understand the fans perfectly well, I know they don’t want to talk about numbers, they just want to win, but that is my job. We have to build a club that doesn’t just win but does so consistently over time. Fans don’t want promises, they want results.

“I accept all of that but ask them for a little faith. It takes time. We’ve got to stay quiet and work harder to find the right path towards what the fans want.”

Salah is now the first Premier League player to reach 20 goals in all competitions this season. The last Liverpool player to reach the landmark before Christmas was Ian Rush back in 1986/87.

His 20 goals in a season for Liverpool was the fourth quickest ever time by date - beaten by Ian Rush (November 8, 1986) and Roger Hunt (November 25, 1961, and December 15, 1965).

To emphasise how remarkable it is for Salah to score 20 goals in his first 26 games for Liverpool it took Fernando Torres 31, Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler 36 and Luis Suarez 51.

Only one player, George Allan, reached the milestone quicker in 1895 taking 19 games.

With these type of unbelievable stats, the suits over at Liverpool will likely see the added cost of the 25-year-old as a price worth paying.